9.4 Combined Properties

9.4 Combined Properties

Some implementations may not be able to guarantee that the BGP
process and the circuit manager will operate as a single entity; i.e.
they can have a separate existence when the other has been stopped or
has crashed.

If this is the case, a periodic two-way poll between the BGP process
and the circuit manager should be implemented. If the BGP process
discovers the circuit manager has gone away it should close all
relevant TCP connections. If the circuit manager discovers the BGP
process has gone away it should close all its connections associated
with the BGP process and reject any further incoming connections.